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Business leaders call for more NC transportation spending, but not for more taxesNews & Observer – Jan 28, 2015
North Carolina business leaders on Wednesday called for the legislature to increase state transportation spending by billions of dollars over the coming decade – but they refused to discuss possible new taxes…Berry Jenkins, one of the leaders of N.C. Go, which advocates for transportation improvements, said later that his organization has several recommendations for bolstering transportation revenues…

Conservatives mobilize against gas tax hikeThe Hill – Jan 28 2015
A group of 50 conservative organizations in Washington is mobilizing opposition to an increase in the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax to pay for new transportation projects in the U.S. Talk of hiking the gas tax for the first time in more than 20 years has spiked in Washington as prices at the pump have fallen to their lowest levels in years…

State group targets ‘trouble’ bridgesWCNC – Jan 29, 2015
The N.C. Chamber has launched a print and television campaign called “We Can’t Afford to Wait” that is gaining attention. The television ad depicts a school bus crossing a bridge that appears structurally unsafe, and then a voice over saying, “We have a bridge collapse with a school bus full of children.” The ad is not representative of any real occurrence, said N.C. Chamber spokesperson Meredith Archie…

Boxer: Infrastructure funding deficit reduced to $13B annuallyThe Hill – Jan 28, 2015
…”Today I learned from my staff that the deficit in the trust fund is less than we thought it would be,” Boxer said during a Senate hearing. “We were anticipating $18 billion a year over six years, it’s $13 billion a year over six years…

DOT chief: Small highway fixes ‘killing our will to build’The Hill – Jan 28, 2015
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx called Wednesday for lawmakers to pass a multi-year infrastructure funding bill, saying the cycle of temporary extensions is killing states’ willingness for road and transit projects. It has been 10 years since Congress last passed a transportation funding bill of longer than two years…

Sen. Sanders files $1T infrastructure billThe Hill – Jan 27, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is introducing a bill to spend $1 trillion over the next five years to boost the nation’s transportation infrastructure. The measure, which has been dubbed “Rebuild America Act,” comes as lawmakers have been discussing the possibility of raising the federal gas tax to help pay for a new round of transportation spending with prices at the pump having reached their lowest levels in years…

Road Worrier: Cost-conscious Wake transit planners get more bang from a busNews & Observer – Jan 26, 2015
While Orange and Durham counties invest high hopes in a light-rail line that would run between UNC and Duke, old-fashioned buses are earning new respect as transit priorities in Wake County… Buses are getting more attention this year in a transit rethink guided by a new county manager with transit experience, Jim Hartmann, and Oregon transit consultant Jarrett Walker…